I have lived in a fourplex in a 2bdrm apt. for the past three years, I have paid well over $5500 for electricity. After receiving an $1100 elec. bill, I had an electrician come out and check my lines only to find out that the lines have been spliced and I'[m paying in part fot the whole fourplex. My landlord told me good luck in proving it. I'm gonna need tath and then some. I live in long beach ca., and have checked with the elec co. and they say that they cna't help cause its from the meters to the house and that makes it a civil matter.
Help! This thing is driving me crazy!
2007-08-04 08:16:00 · 3 answers · asked by SHAYNA M 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Renting & Real Estate
Call your utility company immediately. Ask to talk to their fraud unit. If they won't help, call the police. this is not civil, it's criminal. The idiot that did this could go to jail, and the utitlity company will likely have to refund some of what you paid out.
Good luck!
2007-08-04 08:24:43 · answer #1 · answered by Cappo359 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get an affidavit from the electrician, then a lawyer should be no problem proving it. See massive lawsuit here against who tapped it and the landlord whom it seems is worried so would guess if living in the building, and this is only a guess is the one responsible.
2007-08-04 08:25:44 · answer #2 · answered by Pengy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I suggest you find out the history of each of the 4 units prior to the big jump in monthly costs to see who the beneficiary of the "splice" ends up being. After filing a small claims suit against them, to make yourself whole (for the amount that should have been their share), file one against your smart a@@ landlord for the cost of your electrician and for his negligence in keeping interior wiring secure. Then, check the basement for "grow lights".
2007-08-04 08:29:07 · answer #3 · answered by linkus86 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋